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REUTERS: The remains of more than 60 infants and fetuses were found stashed in a Detroit funeral home, police said on Friday, calling the discovery "deeply disturbing."The incident comes about a week after the badly decomposed bodies of 11 babies were found hidden in a false ceiling at a different funeral home in the Michigan city.No connection between the two cases has yet been established, Detroit's police chief said. He added city, state and federal investigators were looking to form a task force to investigate the improper storage of human remains.Unrefrigerated boxed containing about 36 sets of remains were recovered from the Perry Funeral Home along with another 27 sets of remains in a freezer, police said."This is deeply disturbing," Detroit Police Chief James Craig told reporters on Friday. "I have never seen anything like this in my 41-1/2 years (on the force), ever."Investigators are working to establish ages and identities.An official with Perry Funeral Home, which offers … [Read more...] about Remains of more than 60 babies, fetuses found stashed in Detroit funeral home

By Chris Purdy The Canadian Press Sun., May 20, 2018 Doctors told Jody Littlewolf that her daughter was brain dead and should be taken off life support, but the mother couldn’t shake a strange feeling she had about the teenage girl lying in front of her. Littlewolf repeatedly refused to have the girl whose body had been badly battered in a car crash taken off the machines keeping her alive in a Calgary hospital. “I just knew something wasn’t right.” A two-hour drive south of the city, at a funeral home in Cardston, Alta., Judy Medicine Crane and several relatives had gathered to pick out a casket and flowers for her daughter, who had been in the same collision. Medicine Crane hadn’t been allowed to see the body — too much trauma, a medical examiner had told her. Article Continued Below When a funeral home employee later handed her a velvet bag with her girl’s jewelry inside, she was perplexed. She had never seen the … [Read more...] about Body mix-up sent wrong families to funeral home and hospital

By Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press Sun., April 8, 2018 A former funeral home director is facing a number of charges after allegedly defrauding the families of people who had pre-paid for their arrangements. Provincial Police Sgt. Peter Leon says the investigation centred on the Watts Funeral Home, a now-shuttered family-run business that had three locations in the central Ontario communities of Wasaga Beach, Midland and Penetanguishene. Leon says one of the family members on the funeral director team allegedly took money that had been provided by clients who were pre-paying for their funeral arrangements in a bid to make life easier for their loved ones. Read more: Funeral home sales practices place high cost on grieving families Article Continued Below Florida funeral home workers charged after 16 decomposing bodies found Lawsuit launched against website for allegedly collecting obituaries, reposting them without permission He says police began … [Read more...] about Former Ontario funeral home director charged with defrauding pre-paying customers

HALIFAX—The family of a woman who was mistakenly cremated after a bizarre mix-up at a Nova Scotia funeral home declined to participate in an inquiry Tuesday, saying the process lacks transparency and is geared to help the industry.The Nova Scotia Board of Registration of Embalmers and Funeral Directors held a closed-door hearing in Halifax to determine what happened at the Serenity Funeral Home in Berwick in December.Relatives of Sandra Bennett say they arrived at the home on Dec. 27 for a visitation but found the body of another woman dressed in Bennett’s clothing in the casket. They say a second body was presented to them, but again it was not their 65-year-old relative and they were told Bennett was mistakenly cremated. Read more: Body mix-up at Nova Scotia funeral home ‘unacceptable,’ service minister says … [Read more...] about Family of deceased in body mix-up at Nova Scotia funeral home says inquiry lacks transparency, geared to help industry

HALIFAX—The recent mix-up of bodies at a Nova Scotia funeral home is unacceptable and should never happen again, a provincial cabinet minister said Thursday.Service Nova Scotia Minister Geoff MacLellan said the tragic mistake is being investigated by the Nova Scotia Board of Registration of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, which regulates funeral homes and includes one of his staff members.“This can’t happen again,” MacLellan, whose department issues licences for funeral homes, said following a cabinet meeting.Read more: Grieving Nova Scotia family shown 2 wrong bodies before being told loved one was mistakenly cremated“As a government, and a regulatory body for this board, we’ve got to instill the confidence of Nova Scotians that we’re handling these matters properly.” … [Read more...] about Body mix-up at Nova Scotia funeral home ‘unacceptable,’ service minister says